FIGURE 2-11-007
frame from the manga Ōabare Gojira

1955

SUGIURA Shigeru (1908–2000)

Sugiura Shigeru, Ōabare Gojira, reprinted in Gojira manga korekushon, 1954–58, ed. Satō Hiroshi (Tokyo: Shōgakkan kurieitivu, 2014), p. 149

NOTE: Sugiura’s 1955 manga Ōabare Gojira (Godzilla on the rampage) originally appeared in the humor magazine Omoshiro bukku (Funbook)

REFERENCED IN: Module 2, Visual Sidebar 11

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FIGURE 2-11-001
The Goblin Spider book cover

1899

Lafcadio Hearn, The Goblin Spider (Tokyo: Hasegawa Takejirō, 1899)

collection of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library (Columbia University)

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FIGURE 2-08-001
“Usugumo” (Wisps of cloud)

1845–1846

UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi (1797–1858)

woodblock print

*X × X inches / X × X cm

collection of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library (Columbia University)

NOTE: This print forms part of Kuniyoshi’s 1845–1846 series Genjigumo ukiyo eawase (Ukiyo-e comparisons for the cloudy chapters of The Tale of Genji)

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FIGURE 2-11-009
U.S. publicity still for Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

photograph

10 × 8 inches / 25 × 20 cm

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

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FIGURE 2-11-003
international advance poster for Kwaidan

1964 or later

lithograph

41 × 28 inches / 104 × 72 cm

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

NOTES: A film distributor’s stamp (“COLUMBUS FILM K.G. / ZÜRICH 39”) on the reverse side of the poster indicates that it was displayed in Switzerland. Photography by David Ortiz (Columbia University Libraries)

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FIGURE 2-08-005
Japanese lobby card for Son of Godzilla

1967

lithograph

11 × 14 inches / 27 × 35 cm (trimmed)

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

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FIGURE 2-11-006
West German poster for Gojira

1956

lithograph

33 × 23 inches / 84 × 59 cm

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

NOTES: Archival conservation by Chris Cloutier (Posterfix). Photography by David Ortiz (Columbia University Libraries)

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FIGURE 2-08-013
U.S. trade advertisement for The Human Vapor

1961

Boxoffice, 27 February 1961, pp. 12–13

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

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FIGURE 2-08-003
U.S. lobby card #7 for Tarantula

1955

lithograph

11 × 14 inches / 28 × 36 cm

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

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FIGURE 2-08-014
Japanese hansai poster for <Tsuki no kagebōshi> Kieyuku nōmen

1958

lithograph

*28 × 20 inches / 71 × 50 cm

collection of Gregory M. Pflugfelder

NOTE: Photography by David Ortiz (Columbia University Libraries)

REFERENCED IN: Module 2, Visual Sidebar 8

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